{"id":1788,"date":"2021-08-16T13:30:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T13:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1788"},"modified":"2021-08-19T06:22:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T06:22:04","slug":"lost-highway-copenhagen-slim","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1788","title":{"rendered":"”Lost Highway” – Copenhagen Slim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201dLost Highway\u201d by Copenhagen Slim (a.k.a. Nisse Thorbj\u00f8rn<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Johnny Petersen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Album info: \u201c<\/em>This is a raw, straight off the road, one good day in the studio, all instruments recorded simultaneously, live album. No bullshit, no time editing, no playing to a click, no overdubs or digital instruments, just the real deal.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCopenhagen Slim is a worldwide touring artist and award-winning singer and musician with a unique sound inspired by but not chained to the blues, bluegrass and folk music traditions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Released June 10, 2020 
All Instruments (all acoustic) played by Nisse Thorbj\u00f8rn (Copenhagen Slim) live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-So, here we have Nisse\u2019s collected Corona works. And, I must say, he has been doing it good, really good. On all nine tracks he has managed to create something quite unique; an honest personal interpretation on nine classical folk- and blues tunes. He has made them into something highly personal. When one first read the tracks list one might go, \u201cOK, haven\u2019t we heard those before, yawning.\u201d When one proceeds and put the tracks on, song after song will make the listener positively surprised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nisse has his own way of singing, a strong expressional voice, revealing his feelings. After listening to him for several years, my guess is that his rare singing style is strongly influenced by his harmonica playing. If one is to criticize anything it might be that the harmonica is given too little place. As well as his unique style of singing, his harmonica playing can be brought to ecstatic levels, given the right circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The album opens up with the title track, \u201cLost Highway\u201d, a classic country song by Hank Williams and Leon Payne. Nisse manage to turn the otherwise tearful, maudlin song into a strong blues. His style of playing makes it a prefect warm up for the second one; \u201cIf I Had Possession Over Judgement Day\u201d, the first of two Robert Johnson songs. Here he let\u2019s the songs  main lick become the body of the whole song, no excessive guitar playing, just the lick, interrupted by his harmonica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then Nisse changes into more traditional country fingerpicking with no 3, \u201cThe Ballad Of John Henry\u201d, the albums longest song, 5:11 minutes. Here he makes use of his slide to give the song a sensitive touch, the notes following the words perfectly. The dramatic content of the lyrics are expressed by Nisse raising and lowering his voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In number four, \u201cShady Grove\u201d, Nisse shows a fine example of when people believe there are more than one guitar, although there is only one, by using a nimble thumb. Furthermore, he turns this often rather mediocre song into something wild and exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next comes \u201cCorrina\u201d, an old Bo Carter song, so often misused by Swedish Dance Bands. Nisse succeeds to turn it into a personal  tormented love song, full of the singer\u2019s anguish over his lost love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Number six \u201cAm I Wrong\u201d presents Nisse at his roughest side, simultaneously playing harp and reso guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLast Fair Deal Goin\u2019 Down\u201d is a Robert Johnson classic, with a melodic playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Track 8, \u201cMy Creole Belle\u201d is another old classic tune, made popular by Mississippi John Hurt, but written by the obscure J. Bodewalt Lampe. Here Nisse\u2019s haunting voice colors this otherwise sweet tune with a sense of unknown destiny. The guitar and harmonica maintains that sweet sound, but the voice\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last song \u201cDrifters Wife\u201d is a merry thing, leaving the listener in a good mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nisse Thorbj\u00f8rn has used his covid-19 seclusion in a prosperous way, creating something new of something old, taking the listener on a musical journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The album can be downloaded here: \u201cLost Highway\u201d<\/a>. Do it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201dLost Highway\u201d by Copenhagen Slim (a.k.a. Nisse Thorbj\u00f8rn) By Johnny Petersen Album info: \u201cThis is a raw, straight off the road, one good day in the studio, all instruments recorded simultaneously, live album. No bullshit, no time editing, no playing to a click, no overdubs or digital instruments, just the real deal.\u201d Credits: \u201cCopenhagen Slim… Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa ”Lost Highway” – Copenhagen Slim<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1788","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1788"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1808,"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1788\/revisions\/1808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}